Axle-nut lock.



` PATENTED Nov. 17,V 1903, y. J. GRANT. AXLE NUT LOCK.

A PPLIOATION FILED JAN. i902.A No MODEL.

i'ball whom it may concerti/:I A

*L/ilaria ifa-rte Y Patented-November 1'?, 1903.

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srnomrcarron fomag para errati-.ers teigne no. 744,335, dated novmoerlir, ieee;

'pplioetion lecl Jennery 5, lterialNo. 137,9,03 (No model.)

Be itknownthat I, FRANCIS JONES GRANT, a subject of the King of Great Britain, resid ing" at Chicago?, in State of Illinois, have invented a new and nsefulAXle-Nut Lock, of which the following is a. specification.

This invention ...relates generally to nnte locks,` and more particularly to a nut-lock adaptedto be applied to the end of a vehicleaxle for the purpose of locking the axle-nut will befully described l1ereinaiterandpointedC eflicient device which can thereon, it being a commonoccurrence at the." present time for axle-nuts tewerk loose from, the end of an axle; and the object of myinvention therefore is to provid'e a simple and .be applied to any and' all axles and nuts Another Objectis to Vice which can be' quickly and easily released the axle.

Whenever it is desired to' removethe Onot from combination, and arrangement,. all of which out inthe claims.

V i"'lnthe drawings forming apart of this speci- 30, ingjthepracticalapplieation of my invention,

`fica'tion, Figure l is a perspectivevieW-show 1 `the capof the axle-'nutbei'ng removtxfromV the .nutriti-order to more clearly ,disclose the the. nut is unlocked. Fig.- 5 is` a detail'perf in elevation.

lock arranged therein.v Fig. 2 is a sectional 'View showing the-end of the axle anda mit ap# plied thereto, the locking deviceibeing* shown Fig.. 3 is a sectional view ehowing Aa relative position of the parte when .the nut is locked, and Fig. @is a similar View showing the relative position of the parts when Vspective View showingthe end of the axle, and

Fig. `6 isa detail perspective View ofthe lock# ingdevice.

ing a threaded end'A, said threaded end having a threaded .aperture A2 said threaded aperture being cent toY one edgeor o from the center of the end of the axle'.` Fitting in said threaded the county `oi @ook andy zthe cap ywhich isinserte'd thereof, said 'cap being new in use and .by can be effectively;

provide locking deil boredv therein, arranged adja-v aperture A2 is a threaded pin B, havingan" eccentric head B', theouter face of saidhead" :being grooved or slotted longitudinally, as shown at B2, for the purpose of receiving the end of the screw-driver orbit for the purpose of turning the head 'into alocled ornnlocked lposition.

, 'C indicates the ordinary'axlennt, and C' in thetouter end as shown at C2', and adapted to screw into the .threaded portion C?, the cap being constructed' threaded externally,

With a groove or slotfC, extending aeross'the outer face of the same for the purpose of re-` ceiving the end of the screwdriver or bi-t'for 'thepnrpose of screwing ornnscrewing the Said ca .i .1 i As before etated, tlie end of the` axle has a threaded here, in lwhich is inserted the thread` ed pin B, and Whentheaxlenut is applied to the end of the-axlethe eccentric head .B' of the'pin is turnedinwardly toward the center of the axle,"svo that the nutjean he freely turned without contacting .with thel said head After the'nut has `been turnedl npthe` desied distance they eccentric head? isturned around, so that one y end is brought into en-` gage'inent Withthe interior snrface of th nut,"

and any reverse movement ofthe said mit will forcibly bind the mit and -1 head together, thereby securely locking the nut upon the end of the axle.l After..th'e nuthas-fbeen locked the cappiece isinsertedtherein'for the pui pose of protecting the locking device. V`When ever it is desired to remove the not it isjonly nece'ssaryto remove the cappieee, turn the `lockinghead back `to the positionishown in Fig. 4 and the not can then be removed. .i

described my invention',

'Havingthns fully `what I claim asnew,

and desire to secure lby Letters Patent 'of the United States, isf" "1L Thecornbination Withfan'axle having threaded aperture formed eccentricallyin its end, ofl a-threaded vpin havingjan eccentric head, said pin fitting inthe aperture, anda nntfiitting over the end' of the axle and hav# -,ingr an interior shoulder engaged bythe head of the pinwhen said head is turned inone direction.,

l '2.jflfhe'combination With an axlehaving a reduced threaded end and a threaded aperture eeentreally loeated in said end, of a threaded '-'pn fitting said aperture, an elongated head eeeentrically arranged on'the pin, a threaded 5 .nut tting on the end of the axle, said nut 11a-ving an interior, annular shoulder, the head of the pin engaging vthe shoulder when turned in 'one direction and disengagingthe shoulder when turnedl inthe pposite direction. v-

FRANCISv JONESGRANT. Witnesses/zv JOHN D. DORAN,"

NICHOLAS MELICAN, 

